diff --git a/src/platform/Linux/bluez/ChipDeviceScanner.cpp b/src/platform/Linux/bluez/ChipDeviceScanner.cpp
index 344eedcce1a191..583a426a6a6d97 100644
--- a/src/platform/Linux/bluez/ChipDeviceScanner.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/Linux/bluez/ChipDeviceScanner.cpp
@@ -105,14 +105,10 @@ ChipDeviceScanner::~ChipDeviceScanner()
     StopScan();
 
     // mTimerExpired should only be set to true in the TimerExpiredCallback, which means we are in that callback
-    // right now so there is no need to cancel the timer. Doing so would result in deadlock trying to aquire the
-    // chip stack lock which we already currently have.
+    // right now so there is no need to cancel the timer.
     if (!mTimerExpired)
     {
-        // In case the timeout timer is still active
-        DeviceLayer::PlatformMgr().LockChipStack();
         chip::DeviceLayer::SystemLayer().CancelTimer(TimerExpiredCallback, this);
-        DeviceLayer::PlatformMgr().UnlockChipStack();
     }
 
     g_object_unref(mManager);